Prejudice and bigotry are brought down…by the sheer force of determination of individuals to succeed and the refusal of a human being to let prejudice define the parameters of the possible.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEThe people of the Middle East share the desire for freedom. We have an opportunity – and an obligation – to help them turn this desire into reality.
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I find it odd that suddenly people believe the United States is this Islamophobic country. I think this is the most tolerant country in the world.
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You know, I’ve never believed, in anything, that you had to have role models who looked like you to do something. If I’d been waiting for a black, female, soviet specialist role model, I’d be still waiting.
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In the United States, we’ve always been held together by the belief that it doesn’t matter where you came from. It matters where you’re going.
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Great leaders never accept the world as it was and always work for the world as it should be.
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You can never ask others to do something you would not do. That is integrity.
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Differences can be a strength.
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Every good leader is part manager and every good manager is part leader.
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This is the democratic process at work, What you’re seeing with this process is the Iraqi people embracing American-style democracy.
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I think the word of the United States has been as good as gold in its international dealings and its agreements.
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Power is nothing unless you can turn it into influence.
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As secretary of state it’s been an enormous honor to represent this great country that I love so much – I have really seen that our great strengths are in the ability of people to reach their potential here.
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Race is a constant factor in American life. Yet reacting to every incident,real or imagined, is crippling, tiring, and ultimately counterproductive.
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People want to psychoanalyze me, but the fact is, I’m not that complicated. I’m pretty straightforward. And I’m not all that self-reflective, because I tend to be a doer.
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We need a common enemy to unite us.
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What you know today can affect what you do tomorrow, but not what you did yesterday.
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